# 2024–25 Preston North End F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 145th season in the history of Preston North End Football Club and their tenth consecutive season in the Championship. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, and the EFL Cup.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| 9 July 2024 | CM | Stefán Teitur Þórðarson | Silkeborg IF | Undisclosed |
| 13 August 2024 | LW | Jeppe Okkels | Utrecht | Undisclosed |
| 3 January 2025 | CB | Lewis Gibson | Plymouth Argyle | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 2 July 2024 | CM | Lewis Leigh | Bromley | Undisclosed | |

### Loaned in

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Date until |
| 5 July 2024 | AM | Sam Greenwood | Leeds United | End of Season |
| 7 August 2024 | RB | Kaine Kesler-Hayden | Aston Villa | End of Season |
| 30 August 2024 | RW | Josh Bowler | Nottingham Forest | 31 January 2025 |
| 16 January 2025 | LB | Jayden Meghoma | Brentford | End of Season |
| 3 February 2025 | CB | Ryan Porteous | Watford | End of Season |
* ↑ On 31 January, Bowler's loan from Nottingham Forest was cancelled by mutual agreement

### Loaned out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Date until |
| 10 August 2024 | CM | Kaedyn Kamara | Workington | 9 November 2024 |
| 23 August 2024 | LB | Kacper Pasiek | Marine | 1 January 2025 |
| 27 August 2024 | RB | Josh Seary | Larne | 12 January 2025 |
| 29 August 2024 | CF | Finlay Cross-Adair | Prescot Cables | 1 December 2024 |
| 29 August 2024 | DM | Noah Mawene | Newport County | End of Season |
| 20 September 2024 | GK | James Pradic | Bamber Bridge | 1 January 2025 |
| 2 November 2024 | GK | Tommy Davis | Bamber Bridge | 9 November 2024 |
| 28 December 2024 | GK | Tommy Davis | Ramsbottom United | 1 February 2025 |
| 3 January 2025 | CF | Layton Stewart | Thun | End of Season |
| 4 January 2025 | LB | Kacper Pasiek | Altrincham | 4 March 2025 |
| 6 January 2025 | LW | Jeppe Okkels | Aberdeen | End of Season |
| 10 January 2025 | CM | Kaedyn Kamara | Marine | End of Season |
| 29 January 2025 | LB | Kian Best | Bohemian | End of Season |
| 31 January 2025 | CM | Kian Taylor | Altrincham | 1 March 2025 |
| 3 February 2025 | AM | Kitt Nelson | Cork City | 30 June 2025 |
| 7 February 2025 | CF | Max Wilson | Galway United | 30 November 2025 |
| 25 February 2025 | CB | Cole McGhee | Chorley | 29 March 2025 |
* ↑ On 4 February, Pasiek's loan at Altrincham was extended by a further month

### Released / Out of Contract

| Date | Pos | Player | Subsequent club | Join date |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | Alan Browne | Sunderland | 11 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Greg Cunningham | Galway United | 17 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | AM | Ben Woodburn | Salford City | 23 July 2024 |
| 1 December 2024 | CF | Finlay Cross-Adair | Fleetwood Town | 1 December 2024 |
| 11 March 2025 | RM | Duane Holmes | | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

On 8 May, PNE announced they will spend a week training camp in San Pedro del Pinatar, with a friendly against Lincoln City. A second friendly was later confirmed, with the traditional pre-season visit to Bamber Bridge added. In June, a further three were added against Everton, Salford City and Southport. On 20 June, the club announced Fiorentina would visit Deepdale during pre-season.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Norwich City | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 60 | 54 | +6 | 49 |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 45 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 37 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 44 |
| 16 | Swansea City | 37 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 44 |
| 17 | Portsmouth | 37 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 45 | 59 | −14 | 42 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 March 2025. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 31$^1$ | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | $^2$ | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | D | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 22 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| Points | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 34 | 37 | 37 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 42 | 43 | 43 | 44 | | | | | | | | | |
* $^1$ Matchday 31 (vs. Millwall) was postponed due to Preston's involvements in the FA Cup.
* $^2$ Matchday 39 (vs. Derby County) was postponed due to Preston's involvements in the FA Cup.

#### Matches

On 26 June, the Championship fixtures were announced.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### FA Cup

As a Championship side, Preston North End entered the FA Cup in the third round, and were drawn at home to League One side Charlton Athletic. They were drawn at home against League One side Wycombe Wanderers in the fourth round, then at home to fellow Championship side Burnley in the fifth round. In the quarter-finals, they were drawn at home to Premier League side Aston Villa.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Preston being drawn at home against Sunderland. In the second round, they were drawn away to Harrogate Town. In the third round, they were back at home against Fulham, followed by another home tie to Arsenal in the fourth round.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of match played 15 March 2025
Players with no appearances are not included on the list Italics indicate a loaned in player
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Freddie Woodman | 44 | 0 | 37+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Ryan Porteous | 8 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Jayden Meghoma | 10 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Benjamin Whiteman | 31 | 0 | 21+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Jack Whatmough | 19 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Liam Lindsay | 34 | 0 | 23+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | IRL | Will Keane | 25 | 4 | 11+11 | 3 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NIR | Ali McCann | 34 | 1 | 28+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Emil Riis Jakobsen | 41 | 10 | 26+11 | 10 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | DEN | Mads Frøkjær-Jensen | 37 | 3 | 21+10 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | IRL | Robbie Brady | 23 | 1 | 10+11 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | WAL | Ched Evans | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | WAL | David Cornell | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Jordan Storey | 34 | 1 | 29+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | WAL | Andrew Hughes | 40 | 0 | 32+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ryan Ledson | 28 | 3 | 12+10 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Lewis Gibson | 15 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Sam Greenwood | 41 | 7 | 27+7 | 5 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 22 | MF | ISL | Stefán Teitur Þórðarson | 38 | 2 | 22+9 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | DEN | Jeppe Okkels | 10 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | USA | Duane Holmes | 35 | 1 | 6+23 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GER | Patrick Bauer | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | MNE | Milutin Osmajić | 32 | 13 | 12+14 | 7 | 3+0 | 3 | 2+1 | 3 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Kaine Kesler-Hayden | 43 | 0 | 33+3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Kian Best | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ENG | Brad Potts | 34 | 4 | 22+7 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season: ||||||||||||
| 40 | FW | ENG | Josh Bowler | 13 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |